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Every year on the third Saturday of July, July 19 this year, Woodie Wagon Day is celebrated to honor the great invention of the woodie wagon. Yes, the classic wagon was a great ride at the time it was invented and was also mass-produced by numerous popular car makers. Why is the car still a legend? Because it was made of wood at a time when steel was being utilized in World War II. Since the car is still intriguing to look at, it remains one of the favorites of vintage car collectors..

Both the valves on the C81 I acquired showed wear evenly around the face. The seats were in excellent condition. I always chuck up valves in the lathe and spin them to see if they are either straight or bent. I have had good success resurfacing valves with moderate wear using the lathe and revolving mounted stones - first coarse then fine. the key is to use a relatively low speed on both, and counter-rotating the stone to the rotation of the lathe. The proof in in the finished lapping in.....

Found out that the LH captured nut on the '89 312-8 had a fuel seep so changed it out with tank that I found on eBay. I'll see if the old one can be repaired, but needed it up and running since it's my main mower this year. Then onto the 418-8. Tilled up the garlic patch that I harvested last night and then took it in the shop for an oil change, hood hinge replacement, and chassis lube. Had to easy out the axle zerk. Apparently it got sheared off at some point since the last lube.

Or this guy.

I thought it was going to be about this guy!

Disconnect the mule belt to pto then engage pto would be good starting point for diagnosis to determine cause and effect?..., Also try other suggestions mentioned by others..also could be frozen mule pulleys causing stress resistance beyond what engine can power when you engage pto lever

'Merica!

Especially then.

Mission this morning is to get the adapter bushings held in place with a little J. B. Weld. Here's the 2,000 pound rated trailer hubs all set out and ready for installation.

Gas tank is mounted and I work some on the hood last night

Dump the sediment bowl. Even if moving the needle valves cleared it up, the bowl may still have crud in it.

First you need to get your mower deck attached properly so you can check out the belt movement by hand with the engine turned off. This manual will guide you through the proper alignment for mounting. There could be a bad bearing in PTO bell, the mule drive, or on the deck.

Look down under the engagement lever for the fuse block. ( If there is one) I jF that problem before and blew grass clippings and dust out of the fuse block and sprayed a bit of penetrating oil in the fuse block and it worked again . Love my 314 but not a fan of the Christmas tree lights and excessive safety switches

Maybe a blown bearing in the bell in the housing??? The easiest fastest way to determine if the issue is at the deck or not is to take the belt off the PTO and engage it.

After mentally processing this whole tie down points idea for several weeks and speaking/ texting to multiple people I've decided to change course for the immediate future. For now, we only need attachment points for 4 machines. There are two things occurring to me of late. 1. I don't think it's going to be practical to try to reach UNDER the tractors using a bunch of high strength straps because there isn't enough room to move there. 2. I really want straps to go OVER the top of the transmission tunnels sideways. I WAS thinking that the better way to go would be to move the orientation of the D rings. The BBT/ Lead Trailer Modifications Consultant and I had an on-site meeting this morning to blabberate the situation. This particular trailer has 4 existing tie down steel loops. Using all 4 plus the front rail we can have two straps over each tractor with good tension and angles. I'll still install the front two because they'll be usable for multiple reasons. Later on, when we can haul 6 tractors with a stronger tow vehicle, we'll reconsider the side mount attachment points by location and count.

Both the valves on the C81 I acquired showed wear evenly around the face. The seats were in excellent condition. I always chuck up valves in the lathe and spin them to see if they are either straight or bent. I have had good success resurfacing valves with moderate wear using the lathe and revolving mounted stones - first coarse then fine. the key is to use a relatively low speed on both, and counter-rotating the stone to the rotation of the lathe. The proof in in the finished lapping in.....

Double threads Bill? Mods cleanup in engines ...

Threw the boy on the bus for camp. Wife and daughter ran off to go visit her aunt 2 hours away. I was going to go fishing, but the weather is pretty gross, so I'm watching old movies.

"I got a '34 wagon and I call it a woody"

Two things. 1. I guessed the topic right! Lord am I happy it was about a car! 2. I had no idea it was due to steel allotment to the war supplies! Thanks for teaching us so much Mr. Richard!

FYI there is more than one variation of that part depending upon engine or model of tractor. 7661 is another # for that part. Bolt pattern / hole location / length are the differences if I remember correctly.

Today I was working away at the C-141 before going to a Celebration of Life for a family friend. Today’s accomplishment was putting the hood on and tweaking the throttle lever. Tomorrow, I’m going to attempt to put some inserts for bolts in the drive belt cover and figure out the exhaust as it hits the hood, then figure out how to mount the new throttle and choke handles. Lots of little things now.

We called that a 50/50 job in school. Looks good from 50 ft, or at 50 MPH.

And that folks is what you call "Foreign Matter" where it matters....

Sorry got a non red tractor in the mix but at least it's not green!

The dirt relocated...if your lucky it will stay relocated...but...

Thank you Wallfish, I didn't think of that. I'll do that first thing when I head up Tue. Jim

As far as I can tell all the safety switches have been removed. Is there anything else that could cause the pto engagement to kill the engine? It literally sounds like it is bogging down and cutting out, once it starts to bog I can pull the lever back and the engine will roar back to life. Seems that a safety switch would just stop the engine not allow it to keep running by pulling the pto lever back and I can do this repeatedly, ease it forward, start to bog, pull it back and running I plan to drop the deck when I get back up to the tractor and see if the blades are hitting anything but I know they are moving when I first engage the pto as I can hear it and see air and some grass blowing out from the edge of the deck.

Make sure you get the correct wiring diagram. Let us know if you need help. The ignition systems used on the 312-8 changed and improper testing can release the magic smoke in the wiring. When attaching a mower to the tractor there is a forked tab that must be installed correctly at the mid-hitch for everything else to fit. The mower deck operator manual will have this illustrated.

If any of you guys are having deer issues, I offer free deer removal services that just involve a treestand and archery equipment All venison goes in the freezer or turns into very tasty sweet bologna!

Well, I’m almost done with this one been working on this four a few years now it was very rough when I got it, but slowly I’m going through it. All I have now is the throttle control is not working, but Walfish straighten me out on that. I will reset everything again tomorrow And I even got the belt to work now. I just think I had to be run for a while. It was kinda tight when I put it on there, but I had to put a 2 x 4 on the clutch brake works good now as a belt wears in I should be able to ajust everything where I don’t need the block anymore at least it works. She’s not pretty, but good enough to beat around the yard and take it up the street with a cold one. Hope you enjoy the pictures and the one video. IMG_0596.mov

Got a couple of tractors ready for the Steam Pageant in a couple of weeks. Dusted off and fueled up the 953 and changed out the break in oil on HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! Got a couple of mowing sessions before I get the 875 and C 160 ready.

Not mine but very unusual loader set up on all things. : A wheel Horse Lawn Ranger! I had to post pics of this tractor!

A polaroid taken of me driving on my brother's birthday

The ole B-80 .Probably my Most favorite out of the three tractors I own . Cuts the back 40 great perfect for my yard .

I had to get the C-141 8-Speed with Sweepster C-48 broom out today to help prepare the driveway for seal coating. That tractor was blocked in by a few others. The LSE and the Work Horse were still in my enclosed trailer since the big show and I wanted to put them back in their proper places. A few were just in my garage so I took them out too! The other half of my collection is in my basement awaiting late summer/fall photo shoot.

Put the new to me C-101 to light duty work this weekend.

Put cultivar plow on 73 12hp and plowed out Mater Patch…..

I would be more concerned that the PTO side of the crank has ball bearings to support a WH style PTO. I am fairly sure that the higher HP Vanguard engines of that era have the proper bearings you'll need.